Cloud Storage

Options for Cloud Storage

Mapping Drives

It may be more convenient to map your drive directly to your computer. In this way, you will be able to use the drive as you would a standard hard drive, flash drive, or disc drive.

How to map your drive:

1. Connect to the University's network via VPN. Visit:

https://it.umn.edu/services-technologies/virtual-private-network-vpn

and follow the instructions located under "Getting Started" for more information.

2. Go to My Computer (if using Windows)

3. Click "Map Network Drive"

4. Connect to \\ece-squid.ad.umn.edu\EE-Labs$\[YOUR_ID]. Replace the last part with your Internet ID.

5. Make sure that you 'connect using different credentials'

6. When you enter your internet ID, make sure that you type '@ad.umn.edu' afterwards, as shown in the example.

7. Click OK and connect. You should now see the files you saved in the ECE laboratory.

GDrive (Google Drive)

Google Drive storage is provided by the University and is the recommended method of backing up files and data. Here, you can create and collaborate easily with members within the University. Google Drive can be accessed through a browser, or the Google Drive application. This is typically installed by default on Managed devices or is available via Software Center.

The Drive for Desktop application can be found here:

https://www.google.com/drive/download/

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